he and mitt romney are there tomorrow. mitt romney has three stops on wednesday. president obama as two stops on ohio. we're calling it the buckeye brawl. jon: did the president all of sudden to go to ohio in the middle of this romney-ryan blitz? >> they sure did. late last week after the romney campaign bus tour was announced. jon: that suggests what? that the president is trying to protect his lead? >> that is absolutely a big part of it. we're seeing from president obama's campaign a push into the mobilization phase of the race. they're talking about how early voting starts in six days. last day to register to vote in ohio is in nine days. the romney campaign is still in persuasion phase trying to tell voters about his economic plan. jon: it goes to show the power of incumbency. the president talked about i think on the "60 minutes" interview one out of every eight jobs in ohio related to the auto industry which he saved, right? that's his claim. the plan that he put forward with gm was not all that different from what mitt romney wanted to do. >> to some exten